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Monument in Naruto Park

Japan, 772-0053 65 Fukuike, Tosa-tomariura, Naruto-cho, Naruto City, Tokushima Prefecture (within Naruto Park)

There are various literary monuments in Naruto Park. Why not take a stroll while enjoying the beautiful scenery of the Naruto Strait? 1. Imaeda Chojin's haiku monument ~The pine is fruit, the whirling day is becoming far away~ This monument expresses his feelings in the tea garden: "As I listened to the roaring of the whirling tides from the mountaintop, I was entranced, induced into a kind of hallucination, deepened my sense of the eternity of the heavens and the earth, and became one with nature, immersed in a state of ecstasy." 2. Naruto Hicho monument Naruto Park is the site of Yoshikawa Eiji's breakthrough work, "Naruto Hicho." Azaleas, ubamegashi oaks, black pines, and other trees are planted around the monument. ③ Monument to Hashimoto Yumedo's poem - Mother's whirlpool, child's whirlpool, Naruto, hometown's whirlpool - ④ Monument to Prince Komatsunomiya Akihito's poem - A boat ridden in the heart of the tide, Naruto's whirlpool, can easily cross the strait - The currents in the Naruto Strait are fast and difficult for boats to navigate, but a boatman who knows the tides will be able to easily cross the Naruto Strait. ⑤ Monument to Noguchi Ujo's poem - It is said that Noguchi Ujo stopped off in Naruto during his pilgrimage to Shikoku and was moved by the whirlpools in the Naruto Strait, and wrote the poem "Naruto Shojo". Song" In 2006, to commemorate the 70th anniversary of Noguchi Ujo's arrival, a monument with Noguchi Ujo's handwritten words was erected. ⑥ Miyamoto Murao's Poetry Monument ~The sea between Awa and Awaji is the famous Naruto tideway. The high tide of the eight waves rises, and the sea is proud. The mountain is thundering, and the ebb tide swirls. Rolling, flowing, flowing, rolling, the tide smoke rises into the sky. When I see the whirlpools from the bare island, my heart swells and my eyes are dizzy. The boatman is brave, rowing down this tide line. Kinoha-bune (Fune of Leaves) The author won a prize in a contest run by the Ministry of Education in 1922, and the poem was published in the National Reader under the title "Naruto" for 15 years, and was also popular as a song sung in elementary schools. ⑦ Mizuhara Shuko's haiku monument ~The seascape of youth is renewed as the tides gather~ According to Shuko's "Uojima Kikou," "There was no wind that day, so the mist that filled the straits did not move." The area around Magosaki faces Kadosaki on Awaji Island, and offers a panoramic view of the white, rippling whirlpools. A perfect scenic spot to capture the scenery ⑧ Brothers' stone monuments of poems by Nishiyama Hakuun and Nomura Hakugetsu ~ A dragonfly falls downwards on the tide ~ (Hakuun) ~ The spring sea tides down, Naruto ~ (Hakugetsu) Both were created when the artists came to Naruto to observe the tide ⑨ Monument to Godai Natsuko's "Naruto Strait" poem A monument to singer Godai Natsuko's smash hit song "Naruto Strait" (erected in 2014) The design is based on Naruto, and the song plays when you press a button A stone monument to the song has also been erected in Minami Awaji City across the strait

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Language 日本語
Other ① [Imaeda Chojin (1894-1982)] Born in Tokushima City, Tokushima Prefecture ② [Yoshikawa Eiji (1892-1962)] Born in Kanagawa Prefecture. Major works include "Miyamoto Musashi" and "New Tale of the Heike" ③ [Hashimoto Yumedo (1903-1974)] Born in Aizumi-cho, Itano-gun, Tokushima Prefecture. At the age of 19, he became sympathetic to free-style haiku and became a butler for Ogiwara Seisen-sui. He joined "Soun" and became a pioneer of proletarian haiku ④ [Komatsunomiya Akihito (1846-1903)] The eighth son of Fushiminomiya Kuniie ⑤ [Noguchi Ujo (1882-1945)] Born in Ibaraki Prefecture. He is said to be one of the three great poets of Japanese children's song. Since the Taisho era, he traveled all over the country, working to popularize folk songs and children's songs, and his innocent and simple lyric poetry was widely sung by the people. His representative works include "Seven Children," "Soap Bubbles," and "Red Shoes." ⑥ [Miyamoto Murao: Born in 1892 in Naruto, Tokushima Prefecture] ⑦ [Mizuhara Kosoushi (1892-1981)] Born in Tokyo. Learned haiku from Kyoshi, became a member of the "Hototogisu" group, and later founded the "Bashibi" group ⑧ [Nishiyama Hakuun (1877-1944)] Born in Hyogo Prefecture. Studied under Kyoshi through an introduction from his younger brother Nomura Hakugetsu [Nomura Hakugetsu (1882-1961)] Born in Hyogo Prefecture. Nishimura Hakuun's younger brother. Sowed the seeds of Hototogisu haiku in the Kansai region
Last Update : 2024.11.05   MATCHA

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